They were presented last night iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, and the 3.5mm audio port was removed by the Apple company from its terminals, confirming the rumors that have appeared so far. Those from Apple said that they had the courage to remove the audio port from the iPhone 7 because the technology is old and allowed the implementation of new, better technologies.
Of course, the explanations at the conference were not enough, so Apple managers talked to the press and reinforced the idea that removing the audio port from the iPhone 7 was a good decision. According to Apple, the main reasons for abandoning the audio port in the iPhone 7 are: it is ancient, takes up too much space and complicates the process of strengthening the water resistance.
The vice president of Apple, Greg Joswiak of Apple claims that the audio port in the iPhone 7 is a "dinosaur", but also that no innovation has appeared in relation to it in the last 50 years, which is true. The audio port is 100 years old, the last major innovation being the reduction of its size 50 years ago, but nothing has changed since then.
"The audio connector is more than 100 years old. The last major innovation for him took place 50 years ago. Do you know which one it was? They made it smaller, but it hasn't been "touched" since. It's a dinosaur. It's time to move on."
The 3.5mm audio port is a dinosaur, it's time to move on
Vice President Dan Riccio claims that the 3.5mm audio port is nothing more than a hole full of gold that has prevented Apple from implementing innovations in the iPhone in recent years. By eliminating this audio port, Apple could implement components for the dual camera that allow recording such good photos, but also a larger battery, or the new A10 Fusion chip in the iPhone 7.
Moreover, the removal of the audio port allowed Apple to certify the iPhone 7 as waterproof with IP7 certification.
"We have this 50-year-old connector that's nothing more than a hole full of air and it's sitting there taking up valuable space. It prevented us from implementing a series of innovations that we wanted in the iPhone. It "fights" for space with new technologies for the camera, processor and battery, and to be honest, when there is a better and more modern solution, it's crazy to keep it. Moreover, by removing the audio port, we managed to obtain the IP7 certification for the iPhone 7 that we wanted for years."
Apple has been accused of removing the 3.5mm audio port from the iPhone 7 in order to implement a new DRM platform, Digital Rights Management, to prevent listening to pirated music. Phil Schiller, the senior vice president of the marketing division, stated that it is all just a conspiracy theory and nothing more.
He said that the removal of this 3.5mm audio port allowed the implementation of a new Taptic Engine module for the Home 3D Touch button, and that its removal has nothing to do with DRM.
"The idea that there is a hidden reason behind the removal of this port, or that it will allow the launch of a new form of content management, is simply false. We're removing the 3.5mm audio port from iPhone 7 because we've developed a better way to deliver audio content. It has nothing to do with DRM, it's pure, paranoid, conspiracy theory."
Having said that, I hope you are clear now.
